Mrs Allen emphasised that she was very satisfied with her "positive" campaign locally.

"In terms of what we've done on the doorstep, always always always positive campaigning, I've never got into negative campaigning.

"The reaction has been brilliant on the doorsteps and we've seen that here tonight."

To celebrate Mrs Allen said she and her team were off to grab some burgers at a nearby McDonald's.

Labour candidate Dan Greef surveying the general election count for South Cambridgeshire at Cambourne Village College (Image: Keith Jones)

Dan Greef said: "I started this campaign saying that Britain deserved better than a hard Tory Brexit, it appears the voters agreed and I urge Heidi and all her colleagues to work for an exit from the EU that is in Britain's interest.

"We are supposed to start Brexit talks in 11 days - who is going to be leading those negations?"

"On the doorstep I have heard time and again how people in South Cambridgeshire care deeply for our public services and don’t trust the Tories with our NHS, our children’s education and with the social care of our elderly.

"Regardless of which way you have voted at this election and what happens over the next days, weeks and months, I will stand by the value that in Britain we have the potential be a nation for the many, not the few."

Originally hailing from Yorkshire, Mrs Allen entered politics after 18 years of working in both the public and private sector.

During her previous two years in Parliament she sat on the Work and Pensions committee and frequently challenged the Conservative government on Brexit, child refugees and disability benefit cuts.